U.S. Media Literacy Week just in time for voting decisions

Monday marked the start of Media Literacy Education Week, which comes at a good time as Americans prepare to vote. Speaking with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, head of the National Association of Media Literacy about the importance of understanding the difference between facts, feelings and opinionas. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2fnHcvu

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1457-Book-Cyst by A Way with Words

A bible lump, or a bible bump, is a ganglion cyst that sometimes forms on the wrist. It’s also called a book cyst, the reason being that people sometimes try to smash them with a book, but  don’t try this at home! http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f3ktRM

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1457-Caller-Ari-Enduring by A Way with Words

A woman whose first language is Persian wonders about the word enduring. Can she describe the work of being a parent as enduring? While the phrase is grammatically correct, the expression enduring parenting not good idiomatic English. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dTxlfV

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1457-Caller-Alex-Filibuster by A Way with Words

A Los Angeles, California, listener says his grandmother, a native Spanish speaker, used the word filibustero to mean “ruffians.” Any relation to the English word filibuster? As a matter of fact, yes. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ep5pwJ

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1457-Caller-Dave-Cat-Person by A Way with Words

What’s the deal with the use of person, as in I’m a dog person or She’s a cat person? The word person this way functions as a substitute for the Greek-derived suffix -phile, meaning “lover of,” and goes back at least a century. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f760To

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1457-Caller-David-Lit by A Way with Words

A Palmyra, Indiana, listener observes that in online discussions of Pokemon Go, Americans and French-speaking Canadians alike use the word lit to describe an area of town where lots of people playing the game. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ecpwQO

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1457-Caller-Doug-The-Joneses by A Way with Words

A listener in Brazil wants to know about the source of the phrase keeping up with the Joneses, which refers to trying to compete with others in terms of possessions and social status. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f73zQU

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1457-Caller-Holly-Life-Partners by A Way with Words

A listener in Reno, Nevada, wants to know: If one member of a long-term, unmarried couple dies, what’s a good term for the surviving partner, considering that the usual terms widow and widower aren’t exactly correct? http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ecnCQh

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1457-Caller-Kim-Flip-Flops by A Way with Words

A woman from Hartford, Connecticut, remembers her mom used the term clackers to denote those floppy, rubber-soled shoes otherwise known as flip-flops, go-aheads, or zoris. Anyone else use clackers in that way? http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f2csg4

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1457-Caller-Shelly-Chicken-Lane by A Way with Words

In a roadway, the center lane for passing or turning left is sometimes called the chicken lane, a reference to the old game of drivers from opposite directions daring each other in a game of chicken. For the same reason, some people refer to it as the suicide lane. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2eK8D0u

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1457-Caller-Willow-Not-The-Boss-Of-Me by A Way with Words

The phrase You’re not the boss of me may have been popularized by the They Might Be Giants song that serves as the theme for TV’s “Malcolm in the Middle.” But this turn of phrase goes back to at least 1883. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f2d05P

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1457-Lean-On-Your-Own-Breakfast by A Way with Words

If you’re sitting on a subway or airplane seat and someone’s invading your space, you can always offer the colorful rebuke Lean on your own breakfast, meaning “straighten up and move over.” http://waywordradio. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ecre4R

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1457-Intro-Charlotte by A Way with Words

When it comes to the names of towns and cities, the locals don’t necessarily pronounce them the way you expect. Charlotte, Vermont, for example, is pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable, not the first–and therein lies a history lesson. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f722dJ

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1457-Let’s-Eat by A Way with Words

To encourage diners to dig into a delicious meal, an Italian might say Mangia!, a French person Bon appetit! and Spaniard would say Buen provecho. But English doesn’t seem to have its own phrase that does the job in quite the same way. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ecpiJP

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1457-Riga by A Way with Words

If you think the city of Riga, New York, is pronounced like the city in Latvia, think again. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dTv9oB

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1457-Nobody-Can-Take-The-Dance-Away by A Way with Words

The poetic Spanish phrase Nadie te quita lo bailado expressing the idea that once you’ve made a memory, you’ll always have it, no matter what. Literally, it translates as “no one can take away what you’ve danced.” http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2ep8sF3

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1457-Sugar-Off by A Way with Words

To sugar off means to complete the process of boiling down the syrup when making maple sugar. Some Vermonters use that same verb more generally to refer to something turns out, as in that phrase How did that sugar off? http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2e2qbAY

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